Business View Oceania | Volume 3, Issue 8

61 62 BUSINESS VIEW OCEANIA VOLUME 3, ISSUE 7 BUSINESS VIEW OCEANIA VOLUME 3, ISSUE 7 I LT STADIUM SOUTHLAND changed dramatically from being a sports venue to a multi-functional sports and entertainment venue.” ILT Stadium Southlands currently provides a complex of ten community courts catering to netball, basketball, volleyball, netball, and tennis, four squash courts with double-court conversion abilities, a ‘Clip n Climb’ wall with 15 available climbs, a high-performance training centre, associated drug testing facility rooms and dedicated baby change facilities, four Legends corporate lounges, and an international indoor velodrome with an extra two corporate lounges. Being the first indoor velodrome in New Zealand, and the first in the world with four court spaces inside of it, the velodrome attracts all kinds of users and provides a uniquely transformable space. It has hosted sports events such as the World Junior Track Cycling Championships and Oceania Track Cycling Championships and is available to the community for activities ranging from cycling, tennis, and netball to walking groups. Other events hosted by ILT Stadium Southland include concerts by Billy Connolly and the Spanish dancing horses of El Caballo Blanco, gala dinners with the likes of Nigella Lawson, exhibitions and trade shows, poultry and agriculture shows, boat shows, craft shows, food and beverage festivals, and local school formals and discos. The stadium boasts an incredibly diverse user population. Community members from all walks of life use the space for recreation and sports, and they all have different requirements, Morrison-Bailey reports. “We don’t have any one typical user of the space. We have activities that cater to everybody, from walking netball for older people right down to relaxed